My boyfriend and I were reading the news, and we happened to be reading an interesting pair of articles at the same time:
Boyfriend: *reading title* University of Washington research ranks fourth among world universities.
Me: *reading title* Purdue ranks second in FBI hate crime report.
Boyfriend: Well, at least it wasn’t first.
We’re number two! We’re number… …ugh.
14 comments
mayanskeptic says:
Dec 21, 2012
THE MAYAN SKEPTIC APOCALYPSE 12/21/2012
we really enjoy your atheist forum
do a search on youtube for skepticality
a little souvenir
it is the video about the PIGS
PDX_Greg says:
Dec 21, 2012
Boyfriend’s response was pure genius.
Congrats on 4th place for UW!
shockna says:
Dec 21, 2012
I’m actually applying to UW tomorrow; this makes me really hope they take me >.>
Also, quite glad I skipped on Purdue… That’s awful =
joachim says:
Dec 22, 2012
Its sad how many atheists are haters.
You can blow that off, but face it…thats how a lot of people see it.
ah58 says:
Dec 22, 2012
@joachim:
What? Where did that come from? You’re saying that all the hate crimes at Purdue were done by atheists? Does simply talking about haters make you one?
sambarge says:
Dec 22, 2012
Joachim – You should warm up your muscles before you stretch like that. You could tear something.
shockna says:
Dec 22, 2012
Just in case you aren’t being deliberately obtuse, I’d recommend reading some of Jen’s older posts about being at Purdue; it wasn’t exactly an atheist-friendly environment. Hate crimes, as is almost universal in the United States (due to cultural bigotry), are much, much more likely to target atheists than to be committed by atheists.
left0ver1under says:
Dec 23, 2012
Meanwhile, the prominent front page coverage on the UW site this Sunday is about the loss to Boise State.
Clearly, some people have got their priorities straight. Too bad it’s in the reverse order.
Nick Gotts (formerly KG) says:
Dec 27, 2012
joachim,
I’ve never read any comment from you that doesn’t exude hate. You can blow that off but face it… that’s how a lot people see it.
birgerjohansson says:
Dec 28, 2012
Mayanskeptic sounds like Denis Markuze trolling, violating the terms of his parole.
brucecoppola says:
Dec 28, 2012
Tsk, Jen…you only got accepted at a lowly 4th place institution? So much for your Nobel chances. :)
Now, totally OT: Ever since you posted those beautiful pics of you and the BF hiking last summer, I’ve wondered if you’ve been tempted to try kayaking or canoeing since you’re in a primo location for paddlesports. Nice way to decompress from stressful situations like grad school and blog trolls.
Like so many others, glad you’re back. And glad you’re at a great school in a great place!
beezlebubby says:
Dec 31, 2012
I see joachim is tainting another ftb site with absurd, fact-free attacks. Blog after blog, post after post, no substance, nothing to contribute, and nothing but petty little insults. An entirely pathetic, irrelevant, and useless commenter.
Happy 2013 Jen. Good luck with your academics, and keep up the good freethought work. Maybe I’ll get it together and make a convention this year…yours is one of the many hands I’d like to shake in gratitude.
RunningDogs says:
Jan 2, 2013
The reason that you’re number two is that your school has a different reporting mechanism than others.
Does anyone actually read these links?
B says:
Jan 3, 2013
Total number of students enrolled at Purdue in 2012 = 39256
Total number of reported hate crimes (though numbers are not 100% accurate, lets assume under reporting of 100%) = 7 reported in the linked article, so double that to 14.
14/39256 = .03%
Lets even take it times 10!
70 hate crimes
70/39256 = .17%
Seems pretty safe to me.
You can never get rid of people who are willing to commit crime, but crime can be reduced.
How much more would you expect this particular crime to be reduced?